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Kelsey Grammer
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- #001
Kelsey Grammer's father was murdered in the Virgin Islands in 1968. His sister, Karen Elisa Grammer, was murdered in 1975 while finishing her shift at a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also had two half-brothers (from his father's second marriage) who died in a scuba diving/shark accident.
- #002
He named his daughter Spencer Karen in memory of his sister, who was raped and murdered (Karen was his sister's first name).
- #003
In an episode of The Simpsons (1989), while David Hyde Pierce was playing the recurring character Sideshow Bob, he provided the voice of Kelsey's brother, mimicking the relationship between the two of them on Frasier (1993). The joke was repeated and expanded a decade later when Pierce once again played Bob's brother and John Mahoney once again played their father.
- #004
His daughter Spencer Grammer appeared in the Cheers (1982) episode One Hugs, the Other Doesn't (1992).
- #005
His favorite episode of Frasier (1993) was Ham Radio (1997).
- #006
He was the original voice of the Geico Gecko.
- #007
He is the only actor to be nominated for an Emmy Award for three different series for the same character (Frasier Crane on Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and as a guest actor on Wings (1990)).
- #008
When series production of Frasier (1993) ended, Kelsey Grammer tied the record for the longest-running role played by a single actor in prime-time television (Frasier Crane) (Cheers (1982) and Frasier (1993)); over 20 years (1984-2004), Grammer tied James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke (1955) (1955-1975).
- #009
He appeared with Patrick Stewart in six different productions: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Frasier (1993), Animal Farm (1999), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
- #010
He served 30 days in jail for violating his probation due to a DUI (1990).
- #011
He named his son after his maternal grandfather, Gordon Savage Cranmer, who helped raise him and his sister. He died when Kelsey was 11 years old.
- #012
He suffered a mild heart attack in Hawaii on May 31, 2008.
- #013
He spent several weeks at the Betty Ford clinic for substance abuse.
- #014
He decided to grow a beard for the 11th (and final) season of Cheers (1982). However, he later agreed to shave and stay clean-shaven for the Frasier (1993) spin-off. One of the reasons was that he needed to look young enough to be John Mahoney's son.
- #015
He played the same character (Dr. Frasier Crane) in four different series: Cheers (1982), Wings (1990), Frasier (1993) and The John Larroquette Show (1993). He played the role for 20 years, from Cheers (1982) in 1984 to Frasier (1993) in 2004.
- #016
A fictional place called "Kelsey Grammar School" featured in the comedy series Little Britain (2003) was named after him.
- #017
When the producers of Frasier (1993) asked him to approach Bebe Neuwirth about reprising her Frasier (1993) character as a regular, he said no. He claimed this was because "this spin-off needs Frasier to be the only old, familiar thing in it. Everything else needs to be brand new."
- #018
He is a huge fan of Star Trek (1966). He appeared as a guest actor in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner each appeared in two episodes of Frasier (1993).
- #019
He signed a new second-season deal for Frasier (1993). He will earn about £1.1 million per episode. This makes him the highest-paid television star ever (2001).
- #020
His wife, Camille Grammer, appeared in the Halloween (1997) episode of the sitcom Frasier (1993).
- #021
Kelsey Grammer began his acting career at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
- #022
He appeared in episodes of four different series alongside Ted Danson: Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993), Becker (1998) and Gary the Rat (2003).
- #023
After being expelled from the Juilliard School in New York City, Kelsey failed his audition for a role in George Lucas's box-office hit Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
- #024
His daughter Greer Grammer was born on 15 February 1992 with Barrie Buckner.
- #025
On 22 May 2001 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #026
His favorite episode of Cheers (1982) was Dinner at Eight-ish (1987).
- #027
His wife Kayte Grammer gave birth to a girl named Faith Evangeline Elisa Grammer, weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz., at 1:00 a.m. on 13 July 2012 in Los Angeles. Faith had a twin sibling who died in the womb.
- #028
Singer Andy Grammer is his third cousin.
- #029
His daughter Mason Olivia Grammer was born via surrogate on 24 October 2001 in Los Angeles, California, weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces.
- #030
He was considered for the role of the villain Jafar in Disney's Aladdin (1992), which went to Jonathan Freeman.
- #031
His daughter Spencer Grammer was born on 9 October 1983 with Doreen Alderman.
- #032
He owns his own production company, Grammnet Productions, which has a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. It is behind the UPN series Girlfriends (2000), on which Grammer served as executive producer, and a new comedy series that premiered on Fox-TV in March 2005.
- #033
His wife Kayte Grammer gave birth to a boy named Kelsey Gabriel Elias Grammer, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz., at 8:28 a.m. on 22 July 2014 in Los Angeles. He measured 20.5 inches long.
- #034
His father, born in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, came from a New Jersey family, while his mother's family came from California, where his parents had deep roots. Among his ancestors are English, German, Dutch, French-Canadian/French, Scottish and Irish.
- #035
On Fox News's Hannity & Colmes (1996) debate program, he said he would like to run for public office one day, perhaps as a U.S. Senator from California.
- #036
His son Jude Gordon Grammer was born on 28 August 2004 in Sacramento, California, via surrogate.
- #037
He attended high school at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one of the country's most prestigious high schools.
- #038
In 2017 Kelsey won another Emmy Award, for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program, for playing Blinky in Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016).
- #039
He sued his former talent agency, Artists Agency, to recover $1.8 million in commissions. The current suit came immediately after an arbitration ruling that ordered him to pay agency commissions the Screen Actors Guild had withheld since 1998. Artists Agency claims it is entitled to ongoing profit participation in Frasier (1993), which amounts to several million dollars in commissions given the series' syndication. He claims that Artists Agency, which represented him since the 1980s, did not win him the role of Frasier Crane in Cheers (1982) or Frasier (1993). He changed agencies in 1996 but continued paying commissions until 1998, after which Artists Agency began arbitration. The arbitrator's ruling on 4 August 2000 upheld the renewal agreement he says he was forced to sign and ordered him to pay the withheld commissions.
- #040
Kelsey Grammer's daughter Greer Grammer was actually given the first name Kandace, with Greer as her middle name.
- #041
Kelsey Grammer's parents are Frank Allen Jr. and Sally Grammer, and he has one sister, Karen Elisa Grammer.
- #042
Two years after his former television brother David Hyde Pierce, Kelsey Grammer took on the role of Henry "Hank" McCoy/The Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and he provided the uncredited voice of Abe Sapien in Hellboy (2004).
- #043
Kelsey Grammer played Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). George Buza, who voiced Beast in the animated series, had played a truck driver in the first X-Men (2000) film, and Steve Bacic played "Dr. Hank McCoy" in X2: X-Men United (2003).
- #044
Kelsey Grammer studied acting with Michael Howard in New York.
- #045
Camille Grammer filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
- #046
On December 15, 2010, Kelsey Grammer became engaged to 29-year-old Kayte Grammer.
- #047
Kelsey Grammer was Leigh McCloskey's roommate in New York in the mid-1970s and his classmate at Juilliard.
- #048
Kelsey Grammer owns the Faith American Brewing Company.
- #049
Kelsey Grammer endorsed Donald Trump's 2024 presidential candidacy.
- #050
Kelsey Grammer was considered for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).
- #051
Kelsey Grammer was considered for the role of Count Dracula in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).
- #052
Kelsey Grammer is a client of Stan Rosenfield and Associates.
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